Iâm the new kid. I am tuf. This morning I beat up a kid.
Itâs only the first day of school for Dexter, but heâs already mad at the principal, and the secretary, and the janitor, and the kids who laugh at him. When his teacher tells the class to write a story, Dexter writes about how tough he isâand how heâs already gotten into a fight. Is any of Dexterâs story true? Why was the other boy crying before Dexter hit him? And why would the other boy still want to be Dexterâs friend?
Even Dexter doesnât know the answers to some of those questions. But as he deals with family problems, a persistent teacher, and a boy whoâs strangely interested in floor wax, he discovers many surprises hidden in his own tale.